Hi! These look beautiful. I’m new into leather crafts and was interested in making my own gloves. I have a couple of questions. 1) It looks like your stitching pony has teeth that guides your stitches. Can I make this glove using a regular stitching pony and using saddle stitch? 2) What kind of leather did you use? Is it chrome tan? Thank you!
very nice informative video. i do all of my stitching by hand and i rarely use a stitching pony. your stitching pony on the other hand is VERY interesting! did you make this yourself or did you buy it from a leather tool maker?
Very nice video , I appreciate each and every moment you put through in making this video.Amazing colour and fitting, wondered if you could share the PDF pattern you used ,so that I could diy one for my own use as I am fed up of these store bought synthetic low quality gloves ❤❤❤
Hi do you have a tip for folding the corners so they are clean and rounded? I have some pretty thick suede 2mm (not sure what it is in oz) but not sure how to fold them cleanly and flat.
Yeah, totally - 2mm is very thick (same as what I used here). I had to use a bell skiver from the workshop of a peer who lives close by. I skived the leather down to half thickness (1mm thick) - the depth of the skive was about a half inch deep. This was fine and it worked, but it was REALLY delicate after doing that, because suede has no grain and will tear easily if it's too thin. Hope that helps. I wouldn't recommend skiving by hand - too difficult to do evenly, but you could try it
This is a good question, I feel like I'm not all that qualified to answer it based on this jacket but I'll do my best. I used a thick suede, about 2mm or 5 ounces thick. At places where there was a seam that was folded over, I skived it down to 1mm thick. I think a better thickness would have been 1mm or 2.5 ounces, because this jacket was really, really stiff. On the one hand, this is great once it was broken in - it felt bulletproof. But I think it was slightly overkill. You make a good point about temper: sometimes it matters more than thickness. I would recommend a softer temper for a jacket. However, I've seen some amazing thick jackets made out of horsehide which look pretty stiff. It's all about whether you want to invest time to 'break in' the jacket.
Thank you, sir! I genuinely appreciate your taking the time to view my work. I’m excited to hear you’ll be uploading more soon, and can’t wait to see what you have in store. Cheers!
You're right: it's good feedback. I already know about a dozen things I'd do differently were I to do this video again. As for future videos: I have about 5 of them 60% made, it's always that final bit that takes the longest time. Looking to have a few more glove-related videos out soon and will make sure to either voice over or annotate them :)
Why do you stretch over a table as opposed to like a glass slicker, or other methods? Is that to prevent burninshing, or glossing? And where can I find a stitching pony like that?! My new favorite tool I never knew I needed.
Hi Andrew! Good question - I have never tried one of those glass slickers, but as far as I'm aware they're for smoothing/slicking the surface of the leather, not necessarily for stretching out the grain (I could be wrong). I see people using them a lot when they're, for example, putting a new finish on some leather or smoothing out the fuzzy grain on the back of a piece of leather. In my case, I'm using the edge of the table to help my get enough force to pull the actual grain of the leather apart as much as I can - I want the grain 'loosened' up and stretched because it's essential to fitting the glove. You'll notice on garment-grade skins that when you do that, they just go back to their shape (like elastic) instead of staying stretched. Glove-grade skins stay stretched. Hope that makes sense! I had my glove pony made by a local blacksmith. I showed them picture of one I saw in a glove museum in Germany, so that helped me find dimensions etc.
I had to do some digging to figure out this reference, but eventually figured it out: It's from the video game Rust, right? :D I'm guessing in the game the screen fades to black and poof! you have some gloves. If only it was that easy!
Inspirational video, thank you for sharing details of your craft. I know not much more than how to put gloves on my hands. I've always wondered though.. what are the lines sewn on the top of the hand called and for exactly?
Good question. These are called points. They are a remnant from when the glove pattern was made up of three components at the top of the hand, stitched together down the length. The three long pieces were replaced with one-piece 'tranks' or 'tranqs' and now the points are purely aesthetic
Thank you! I see, interesting.. I thought it would have something to do with how the material moves or stretches. Now I'm curious to see a set made that traditional way! Appreciate the reply:)
Hi! Sorry for the late reply. If you only count the time spent working on the jacket and not, for example, waiting for glue to dry or kettles to boil, about 10 hours
I'm deeply impressed by the quality you produce, very inspiring. Would you mind sharing the measurements of the teeth of your glovers donkey (width, depth, spacing)? I am a novice leatherworker and would love to make a pair of gloves. EDIT: you have answered my question in other replies, sorry for not reading.
I do indeed. The price of shearling / sheepswool leather has gone up. Hard to find good suppliers but I regularly make mittens as I live in Canada. Will be making a video soon. I was about 99% through making a video of shearling mittens: all the video files became corrupt haha. Such is life
Perfect work! nice, I love it! Can you give me advice how i can made lining or where I can buy it? Can't find information. I want made one or two pair for me and my parents. Could you give me advice pleas!
Really hard to find small quantities of lining: I don't know of any company that do small quantities. They all want to sell hundreds minimum. But cheap wool gloves on Amazon and use them
Yes: typically, they're cut out using clicker knives. I haven't got a clicker and this is a far, far more time-consuming method. But it means I can make bespoke-made gloves, for example if your fingers are longer or shorter than normal
Just a editing tip from a viewers perspective, the fading to a black screen is very annoying to watch you should try and just jump to another shot. Instead of fading the whole time. Apart from that I really like the vid!
Not at the moment, no. Life has been very busy the last year or two, but I definitely have plans to release more videos and make orders for customers again. Once things calm down I'll make sure to update everyone!
